WEST NORRITON — Gwynedd-Mercy Academy’s swim team needed to get its dual-meet schedule going. The Monarchs got what they needed when they faced Norristown High in a non-league swim meet Monday afternoon.

Norristown’s team needed an “away” meet — a meet in a yard pool instead of a meter pool. The Eagles did not get what they needed because the meet was in their own 50-meter pool.

Both teams were looking for a win. Once again, the GMA girls got their way and the host team did not. The Monarchs used their solid combination of strength and depth to log a 96-48 win over the much smaller Norristown team.

The Gwynedd-Mercy girls got off to a good start when Lea Zaengle, Stephanie Brady, Jamie Talecki and Shannon Brown joined forces to take first in the 200-meter medley relay at 2:21.47.

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Next up was the 200 freestyle and Gwynedd’s Mary Kate Curley claimed victory at 2:25.68. Later, Curley became one of just two individual double-winners in the meet when she touched first in the 400 freestyle with a clocking of 5:10.24.

“I felt good for both of them,” said Curley, a Monarch sophomore. “I probably did a little better in the 200. It’s a little longer in a meter pool and the turns are different.

“I had to adjust to the 400 because you have to pace yourself differently. I went out fast to get a lead and then tried to keep the pace. My splits were pretty even but I did go a little slower in the middle 100.”

In the event after the 200 free, Gwynedd-Mercy’s Ali Szekely took first in the 200 IM at 2:17.31. Near the end of the meet, she became the second individual double-winner when she topped the field in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:04.43.

“I felt good in the IM,” said Szekely, a freshman who competed in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM at last summer’s U.S. Olympic Trials (and missed making the consolation finals in 200 breast by one place).

“My goggles came off and fell down to my neck so I was having trouble seeing. Still, all my strokes felt good and I had energy left on the free. The 100 back felt good too. But, it was right after I swam the 200 free relay so my legs were a little tired.”

Gwynedd-Mercy Academy’s other individual winners were Brown in the 50 freestyle with a time of 31.44, Molly Riemenschneider in the 100 butterfly at 1:14.78 and Emily Fesnak in the 100 free with a clocking of 1:09.75.

“My 100 free was good,” said Fesnak, a senior. “I worked on kicking the whole time. This was our first meet since winter break. This was the moment that we could show what all the hard work was for.”

The Monarchs also took first in the 200 free relay at 2:02.44 with the foursome of Szekely, Riemenschneider, Fesnak and Kieragh McMenamin and in the 400 free relay at 4:32.24 with the team of Katie Cassidy, Katie Dunphy, McMenamin and Szekely.

“My backstroke felt good in the IM,” said McMenamin, whose older sisters Kristin (who was named the most valuable swimmer at the District 1 Championships in 1998) and Kourtney were state medalists with Gwynedd’s swim team a few years back. “My fly kicks were good but I still need to work on breaststroke.”

McMenamin and her teammates will have plenty of races in a short period of time as the season moves into its second half.

“This was only our third dual meet of the season,” said GMA coach Heather Norman, whose team is still undefeated at 2-0-1. “We’re ready to get going. We have nine meets in the last three weeks of the season.”

Norristown’s lone win came when Nicole Martorella touched first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:24.38. Earlier in the meet, she placed third in the 200 IM behind Szekely and McMenamin.

“My breast time wasn’t really that good,” said Martorella. “This was a quick meet because it was just girls and there was no diving. So, I had four events in 50 minutes. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. I can’t believe I did that. Now, I’m really tired.”